Sunday, June 7, 2026 10:00:07 AM
Russian occupation authorities have imposed new restrictions on passenger transport in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, according to a decree that took effect at 4:00 a.m. local time on June 6, 2026. The order also bans 18 suburban train routes in specific areas of the occupied Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
The new rules, announced by Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Russian-installed administration in Luhansk, limit passenger movement on federal highways and commuter rail lines within the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” or “LPR.” The decree, officially titled “Decree of the Head of the LNR on Certain Issues Regarding the Restriction of Movement During Martial Law on the Territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic,” is available here.
According to the document, passenger transport is now prohibited on roads connecting to the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), as well as to occupied parts of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, and Crimea. Russian officials cite security concerns and a recent increase in Ukrainian drone strikes as the reason for these new measures. Responsibility for enforcing the restrictions has been assigned to the regional military command.
The ban covers both scheduled and unscheduled passenger transport services operated by private enterprises. The restrictions apply to sections of the R-150 highway, which connects Belgorod, Starobilsk, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Mariupol, specifically between kilometer markers 518+910 and 532+255.
In addition, the authorities have prohibited all passenger transport along the entire R-280 “Novorossiya” route, which runs from Rostov-on-Don through Mariupol and Melitopol to Simferopol-one of the main arteries between occupied territories and Russia.
The decree also specifically bans transporting groups of children by road across the “LNR,” with exceptions only for events officially organized by the region’s education ministry. There are also new curbs on commuter rail traffic, with 18 train routes in the occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk now suspended.
According to the document, all suburban train movements are halted until further notice, with potential exceptions to be determined by the Russian “Ministry of Transport.” However, authorities say internal bus routes within the region will continue, though some may be rerouted. As of now, there are no plans to completely shut down internal bus transport.
The new measures follow reports of drone strikes in the early hours of June 5 on occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk. A major fire erupted after a strike on an oil depot in Luhansk, and explosions were reported in Uglerovsk and Mariupol.
(C)UAWIRE 2026
Let me get this straight – the regional military command is responsible in enforcing the bans, meaning, orcs will be stationed at saw horse barricades on these restricted roads, in open, plain sight?
Yeah, and they probably require the regional military command to have Nazi Totenkopf tattoos like Platner’s 😉
Platner was a young marine, drunk in Croatia, and picked a “terrifying-looking skull and crossbones” from a tattoo parlor wall almost 20 years ago. He said he had no idea about the symbol’s historical associations, and has since had it covered up.
I thought you wanted to avoid partisanship?
Are you apologizing for nazis now too? I didn’t mention any parties or voters, just a nazi.
Try reading what I wrote. I just explained that Platner is *not* a Nazi. (If he were, he’d probably be running as a Republican.)
But you’re changing the subject. My point is that you often complain about “partisanship” and discussing US politics unrelated to Ukraine, but here you are throwing a disproven smear against a Democratic candidate.